St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-25
TITS THE R0ARIN' GAME
The Old Scotch Game of Curling Which
Will Be the Leading Carnival
Sport To-day.
Beginning of the Great Bonspiel, in Which
Clubs From Many States Will
Participate.
Toboggan Races at the Palace
Grounds in the Midst of a Heavy
SnowStorln.
Juvenile Parade This Afternoon
Contests With Skis and Kjelkes
--Carnival Notes.

The curling bonspiel announced in the
carnival programme will begin this morning
at 10 o'clock on the carnival grounds. and
continue for three days. 1t is matter of
real interest and Importance. No event of
the carnival Surpasses this, though others
make more show. As far as now known
curriers' will participate from Winnipeg and
Portage la Prairie, Canada: Milwaukee,
Portage and Poynette. Wis; Minneapolis
and st. Paul. and possibly from Chicago.
All the visiting curriers' will arrive this
morning early. MessrS. Jones and Wells, of
the famous 'Crusaders'' of Portage. hay-
! ing arrived last evening. The Winnipegers
will arrive at { o'clock this morning, and
the Milwau keeans five minutes later. BRO
vlded the trains are on time. Both Kinks
III the palace grounds will be devoted to
| the game. and the ST. Paul Curling club
has also an excellent piece of ice adjoining
! lire headquarters, which will accommodate
5 y rlnks. which can be utilized in case there
/ are more curriers' than can be accommodated
| in the grounds. which will probably be the
case. The bOnspiel opens on a great dav
! for Scotchmem, as this is the anniversary of
| the birth of Robert Burns. and the dav will
! be further celebrated this evening, when
! the ST. Paul Curling club will give BAN
! Quet to all visiting curriers' at the Windsor
hotel, part of the programme decided
upon at meeting of the executive commit
! lee last evening. For the convenience of
all participating or interested in the bon
spiel, the following list of committees of
the ST. Paul Curling club having charge is
given:
Executive Committee-John S. Hinkel, F.
| Horn, William Rodger. DR.. A. Macdonald,
John 7. Black. T. A. Abbott William Todd
and John So,ners.
Reception COMMUNICATIONS T. Black w
W. Lorimer, John McCulloch, William Rodser.
j. c. Henry, C. H. Smith, James Brodie
| John Somers and Hugh Campbell
Entertainment Committee-James Brodie,
L. a. Abbott and Frank Horn.
| The curriers' will be met at the trains this
morning as they arrive by the reception
committee. and lunch will be served TO
them at the grounds during the day The
bonspiel begins with contest between. the
East and West Tomorrow will be the
contest for the carnival prize. and on Thurs
day grand individual contest for points.
| three prizes being given. The prizes to be
commended for will be on exhibition to-day
at the Windsor.
THESE WILL CURL.
The following are the names of the
players as far as they have been forwarded:
Winnipeg-Rink No. l, j. E. Thompson. A.
Monkman Charles Hoffman, James Ches-
holm, skip. Rink No. 2, H. Nelson, J. Shaw,
j. Millar, B. G. Fraser, skip. Rink No. 3,
A. Black, L. NJ. Jones, James Mcneil, Mark
Fortune, skip. Rink No. 4, A. Grant, q.
w. Lugden, A. Brown. j. McKechnie, skip
Rink No. s. B. Brydon, J. Patterson, Jr., r.
Patterson, j. Patterson, ST., skip.
PJrtage la Praire-A L. Ashdown, J. A.
H. Drummond, B. H. Sparline, B. j. Cooper
skip.
st. Paul-Rink No. !, William Rodger, John
S. Hinkel, William Laid, w. w. Lorimer. skip;
Rink No. ., Neil Smith, Frank Horn, james
Brodie, John w Mccullough: Rink No.3, Mat
thew Taylor, H. n. Cook, Alan Brown, Hugh
Campbell, skip; Rink No I, r. L. McGill,